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Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880. She developed a brain fever at just 19 months old — later speculated to be either meningitis or scarlet fever — which left her deaf and blind.
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Helen “Ann” LaBrunerie, 84, passed away with family at her side May 24, 2025, at Boone Hospital after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. She lived a life abounding in profound curiosity ...